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It looks fantastic but I'm stunned this isn't on PS4, it just seems a poor way to treat their own customers when it's being developed for the Switch. Overall one I'll keep an eye on and may pick up

At this point generations are basically a thing of the past and there's no chance that a new console doesn't support old games, whilst new ones will be made for both for years.

As for how long game development time is, I just don't think it's worth it anymore. Sure some of these games can end up being great but time is the one thing that we will all run out of.

GTAVI will be at least 12 years after GTAV, Elder Scrolls VI could be closer to 20 years after Skyrim, it's already 4 years since Naughty Dog released a new game and we waited the best part of a decade for Rocksteady to release another game, only for it to be Suicide Squad and one unsuccessful game is now going to shut down a studio given the time and financial commitments required

All for what? I wouldn't say I get anymore enjoyment out of these games. It'd be good for the developers and for us gamers if the big studios started to make smaller budget games as well

@get2sammyb this to me makes more sense, as for the games, the bigger developers can just have their own shows/reveals and the smaller ones likely couldn't afford it anyway

"Are you surprised to learn things were quite chaotic during the development of Rocksteady's Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League?"

Absolutely not, it's painfully obvious to everyone except those in charge what was going on. It seems they are the only people in the world that can't see how the vast majority of these projects end up, despite the many examples right in front of their faces. All in the pursuit of the mythical live service gravy train which is blind luck as to if your game manages to hop aboard

Yeah this makes sense, build a handheld that plays PS4 games just after you've stopped making games for the PS4. There's no chance such a device gets released

Yeah I remember when the Witcher 3 got ported to Switch and they had to halve the size of the map because of the lack of RAM 🙄

Astro Bot Rescue Mission is my favourite Sony exclusive on the PS4, VR or otherwise whilst the PS5 game is still the most fun I've had this gen. So yeah, I'm very much looking forward to this game

I'm not surprised that the PS5 is Sony's most profitable console to date, we see similar trends with the Nintendo Switch as these platform holders now make a significant amount of their money through the enormous amount of microtransactions and dlc that flow through their stores, plus their subscription services.

What's crazy to see is how Playstation was in a really bad spot with the PS3 and they're somewhat fortunate that Xbox fumbled the ball with the Xbox One launch

@UncleByron absolutely, it's still profitable for Sony and it's a win win for everyone. PC players get their games, albeit after a little wait and it helps ensure Sony can afford to keep making these games in the first place for their console owners

Good luck with that 😂. PC players don't even buy Epic game store exclusives and will just wait for a Steam release, no chance they buy a PS5 instead of waiting for it to come to PC

I'm someone who's always been a console gamer but this recent strategy from Sony has taught me that I don't need their console anymore

No thanks, I'll stick to Sea of Thieves

@MeatyVeg I agree, there have been many issues relating to Unreal engine games recently, some of which persist in Unreal 5 such as traversal stutter. I even saw some getting giddy over Hellblade and celebrating CD Projekt Red moving to it, all whilst Cyberpunk still has by far the best RT implementation I've seen

It's an amazing achievement, no matter how you look at it.

I did end up buying this for a couple of platforms myself and I enjoyed it, my personal favourite in the series is still Vice City, so hopefully GTA6 will recapture some of that magic

I've been playing this series since the start when they were DMA Design and the 3D roots of the series are actually on the N64 with the rather good Body Harvest. Funny to think that if Nintendo had liked Body Harvest then GTA likely wouldn't even exist

I've been playing some Sea of Thieves with my little boy (my PC is at the back of the living room) and he's really enjoying it. Other than that it's been some of the Majora's Mask PC Port and having some fun in Fallout New Vegas

@Matroska if this Fallout update doesn't get me to finally play Fortnite then I can say that a David Dickinson Bargain Hunt mode definitely would 😂

@ChrisDeku OK a few more and that's including a lot of games released very recently and a PS3 remake, plus Sea of Thieves which was on last gen consoles (albeit Xbox), but still not many considering we're 3 and a half years in. This is certainly the year where this gen seemingly starts properly but it's certainly been disappointing for the first 3 years

Outside of the performance improvements there's basically been no reason to upgrade as pretty much every game has been cross gen anyway. How many genuine exclusives (not on last gen or PS3) does the PS5 really have? 10 maybe.

This isn't just a Playstation problem either, when I think of the games I've enjoyed across platforms that aren't available on last gen hardware, it amounts to Astro Bot, Ratchet & Clank, Starfield and Robocop. Even Nintendo have had to prop up Switch with remakes and Wii U ports

About time, their existing PS2 emulator is dreadful. Personally I don't even care about save states and rewind, just having the games play as good as they did on the PS2 would be a step forward for them

Ubisoft are a joke these days, from nonsense like this and that utterly pointless trailer for the game.

Buy our game on disc but the game isn't on the disc

Watch the trailer of our game, that doesn't even show the game

Make a fun game and sell it at a reasonable price amd it can be a huge success. It's almost like games don't have to cost crazy amounts to make and be sold at £70

How difficult is it for Sony just to allow you to make an account wherever you happen to live?

It's great for me as I game mainly on PC these days, the main reason I still have a console is because its a 4K blu ray player, that and my boy plays on it

Isn't that already the case with the 74 spinoffs of Persona 5?

Bit of a shame 3 and New Vegas aren't available on current Playstation consoles.

I've been having a great time revisiting the Fallout games and will likely be still playing them in the months ahead

At this point I think it's safe to assume going forward, that all of Sony's big games will go to PC

It's almost like you don't have to spend crazy money to make great games. Long may Capcom continue

I don't think subscriptions in general are growing whether it be gaming, Disney plus, Netflix or whoever. Most only have PS plus because Sony lock online gaming and cloud saves behind it

We all have a finite amount of time and I've got rid of all my subscriptions. I struggle to find time to play the games I buy, let alone the 100's that are on subscriptions. Whilst for movies, I find those I want to watch are spread across multiple subs so I've long since gone back to buying them on Blu ray. I'll never use another gaming/TV/music subscription

@get2sammyb whilst they got it wrong by selling it in regions that couldn't officially create a PSN account, everyone knew up front that a PSN account was required. It's on every single piece of advertising media and lit up like a Christmas tree on the Steam store page. How many online games require an account, whether it be Epic, EA, Xbox, Rockstar, Ubisoft and nobody makes a fuss?

A fantastic game and I'd say a must play for Castlevania fans as this is Castlevania in everything but name

@LiamCroft I'm just here for the tagline, it's still a bit of a wait until it's by my side, but I will survive

The game has stated since before launch that it requires a PSN account to play, if you buy it knowing you can't make an account for where you live, then sorry but I've got no sympathy for you.

Steam, PSN, Xbox all have plenty of games that require an account of some sort, why is it only such a huge issue for Helldivers?

It's things like this that made me sell the PSVR2 and I'll be picking up the Quest 3 at some point instead

@ChrisDeku for games like RDR2 and in general those that are years old, they tend to sell far better digitally due to the sales, whilst things like digital codes aren't a big deal, especially as they don't even exist for Playstation anymore.

When looking at games in their launch windows specifically, they're regularly closely matched, even Sony's own information puts digital at 66% overall including games which are digital only, so it's not just a UK thing

@breakneck sure
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/top-20-uk-video-game-sales-are-38-physical?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feed

@breakneck physical isn't even close to being irrelevant. Last year in the UK, FIFA or whatever it's called these days still sold a third of their games physically, Hogwarts was 44%, then Spider-Man 2 was 54% physical and God of War Ragnarok sold 76% physically.

Despite the hugely misleading digital/physical splits that are regularly reported, new releases often sell at least as well physically in their launch window. Whilst on PC, Epic have a tiny percentage of the market share and releasing exclusively on it is guaranteed to severely impact your sales potential.

Overall it's a good game but no surprise it's struggled to sell given their own self imposed limitations

@sanderson72 there's far too many subs these days, currently Amazon is the only one I have amd that's largely because I order a fair bit from there, this show was just a very welcome bonus

@MikeOrator Force Awakens was great, shame what came afterwards. It's been fun revisiting these old saves and seeing what I built. This was long before many of the updates too, so those lights requires 1 unit of power each and there's 2 huge power stations off to the right to do so. There's a trip wire which lights up the traitor part and activates the flames, I must have had way more free time than I do today

@wildcat_kickz yep, very quickly I was way more excited finding lightbulbs than I was trying to find my son 😂

@ApostateMage for Fallout 4's storytelling faults, it really did have a great selection of companions

@wildcat_kickz I spent god knows how long building a Batcave in Sanctuary, alongside a few other buildings including a bar complete with pool table and all the balls and a dog picture on the wall 😂

Took me ages to scavenge all the materials

I've only watched 5 episodes so far as my (non gamer) Mrs wants to watch it with me and overall it's the most entertaining series I've watched for some time. They've done a great job of both bringing the games to life but also welcoming those who'd know nothing about it

Fallout 4 was my most played single player game on the PS4 and by quite some distance, most of that was down to settlement building which if you get into, can be really addictive and surprisingly in depth. Whilst overall I agree that the writing is the weakest of the series, there is still fun to be had role playing as the Silver Shroud and some interesting side quests like Covenant and the Far Harbour dlc is much better in this regard too.

Overall I've really enjoyed revisiting it but I doubt I'll go for the platinum again, though I am really looking forward to the huge Fallout London mod as I really enjoy the core gameplay loop, I even put 100 hours into Starfield which I thoroughly enjoyed

Probably my favourite Xbox game of the last decade and a live service which doesn't pressure you into playing all the time and it's just great fun whilst also looking amazing

They just needed some fresh Blu Tack

I'm really enjoying returning to the game, the new additions whilst relatively minor are nice to have and it's good to be able to walk around my settlement at more than about 10fps, though nowhere near 60 either (it's a bit over the build limit 😂)

I do like action games but having just got back into playing the Fallout games, they'll be taking up much of my time for a while

I had a brief go this morning exploring my unfinished Batman themed settlement from years ago, my character is level 82 with pretty much everything done so I may start a new file and trophies don't auto pop either

I've played ot on PC at max settings and it's not noticably different to what it was on PS4. I've just given the PS5 version a go and it's nice to have it much smoother, especially as my settlement is well over the build limit

@Anke me, it's said purchased for me before this update but luckily I have the disc anyway and I can't be 100% sure if I ever bought it or if it just decided I own it between me having the season pass and the ps collection base game